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Debian: DSA-3049-1 Critical: Wireshark Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2014
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark's dissectors present significant security risks, potentially disrupting service availability. It's essential to apply updates to address these issues
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for RTP, MEGACO, Netflow, RTSP, SES and Sniffer, which could result in denial of service
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Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for
RTP, MEGACO, Netflow, RTSP, SES and Sniffer, which could result in denial
of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.2-5wheezy12.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: wireshark
CVE ID: CVE-2014-6422 CVE-2014-6423 CVE-2014-6424 CVE-2014-6427

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